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Need photo of V. odorata seedling

Posted by Ispahan 5b MI (My Page) on
Sat, Apr 19, 03 at 19:30

Hello!

I have a corner of my garden in which I had planted a single plant of Viola odorata last spring. I had nursed it along all summer and it grew large, bushy and luxurious. I also noticed that it formed dozens of seed pods, which I never did bother to remove. Problem is, the original plant never survived the winter (although my more established patches of V. odorata have survived and are now flowering beautifully) and I now have dozens and dozens of strange-looking seedlings sprouting in the general vicinity. I am hoping that they are the product of last year's seed pods, but since I have always propagated this plant by rooting stolons, I have never actually seen a violet seedling and I do not know what they should look like. Would anyone happen to have a photograph of a V. odorata seedling in the cotyledon stage? I just want to verify what I have before I decide to weed that corner of the garden this spring.

Thank you in advance.


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RE: Need photo of V. odorata seedling

This image is from the site below. It is a viola seedling. Doesn't say which species.

Here is a link that might be useful: viola seedling


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RE: Need photo of V. odorata seedling

Sorry - that's not an odorata seedling (it is from the pansy side of the genus). Good try, Andy_Japan, though :)
Sorry also that I don't have a scanned image handy.


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RE: Need photo of V. odorata seedling

That looks like the photo of Viola cucullata on this page. There are a couple of other Viola species on the link. Several of my Viola seedlings look like the Viola dubyana picture.

Here is a link that might be useful: Seedling pictures


 
 

 

 


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